Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

account Of his sales the past four months, ana
has m de the discovery that his Gales OF to-
bscco. in the various shapes. has exceeded
either his flour or sugar sales by over s2Oo.
SEw YORK correspondent is responsible
for the statement that in an uptown store
are displayed a lot Of stockings, woven
thicker at the knees than elsewhere, pre-
sumably to Withstand the wear and tear OF
prayers; ana over them this inscription; "Ex-
anime this line of Lenten hosiery"
WILLIAM Opel. OF Howell, Mich, is 81
years old, a bachelor, and a miser. He is
worth several thousands of dollars, and yet
the other day he fell in the street exhausted
for want of food. In the howell where he
lived were found a sack OF -four and several
dollars in silver. The old man insists that he
ought to go TO the poorhouse.
AT a recent election for school director in
Plttsburg, Henry Barlow was candidate.
When the ballots were printed the letter h
OF Henry was partly broken off. and only
made a short stroke, and the ballots read
"enry Barlow" Forty OF these votes were
cast and not counted. These would have
elected Barlow. who will contest the election.
THIS is the name of man living in South
Carolina: Harmon Dive-over Jump-under
Come hither- tome Out-yonder Go-fetch-lt
Jehu Joshua W William Hugh Hall Hiram Har-
veg EiZiah Jones. This is from tombstone
near Wetumka, Ala: Henri Ritz Deml Kit
ter, Emmi Ritter, Sweet Potato Cream Tar
tar Caroline BOstwlck. infant daughter OF
Bob and Suckey Catlin." 1t was the name OF
little negro girl.
SPIDERS give the telegraph companies in
Japan a great deal of trouble. They spin
their webs between the earth. the wires, the
post, the lnsulators and the trees. When
these webs become wet with dew they con-
stitute good conductor. and the lines are
found to be in connection with the earth.
The only method OF obviating this lnconveni-
ence Is by employing brooms OF bamboo TO
brush away the webs.
ADVANCE AGENTS of theatrical companies
have to be cautious how they bill Michigan
! towns. The law of the State is very particu-
lar as to the hind of pictures displayed. and
reads: mo sign, picture, painting. or other
representation OF murder. ASSASSINATION,
stabbing, fighting, or any personal violence,
or of the commission Of any crime, shall be
posted. under penalty of fine or lmprison-
ment." Even the picture Of Virginius in the
forum is forbidden.
MRS. THOMAS BRENNAN, of Punxsutawney,
Pa, heard a slight noise up stairs the other
evening, and, suspecting sneak thieves, took
of her shoes and quietly went up to the room
above. There she saw man rumaglng
through trunk. She shipped up behind him,
co Jared him, and screamed for help. The
thief struggled. struck and kicked the plucky
woman, and dragged her half way down
stairs, aud then broke away, leaving part of
much disguised at his escape.
CALDWELL Fl. COLT. owner Of the Daunt-
less, was around Wall street the other day,
looking for bets on the ocean race. Mr.. Colt
had score of yachting stories for his broker
friends. One related TO well-known stock
broker who was very i'll es he leaned over the
taffrall of yacht passing Point Judith last
summer. A sympat hizer. hoping to divert
the sick one'- attention. asked him: 800 YOU
see the lights?" meaning those on Pom Ju-
dith. NO." replied the broker at the taffrail,
with his head still down; They're coming
next"
ACCORDING to Mr.. Kettles scottish High
lands, Clans and Regiments" it appears that
the kilt or philibeg as now worn is of COM
para;ively modern origin. Formerly the
| killed plaid was probably, as suggested by
| Mac CoullOck, the eXpedient of a savage un-
able or unwilling to convert the web of cloth
| which he had procured into more convenient
| shape. Rolling one extremity round his body.
| the rest was thrown over his shoulder, to De
used as occasion should require in covering
| the rest of his person. Thomas Rawlinson,
an Engllshman, Is SAID to have invented the
kilt" while superintendent of some lead
| mines in LOCK- abar, 1923, by inducing his
workmen TO separate that part of the ancient
garment which came over the shoulder, and
| which encountered their movements, from
the part which surrounded the Ions, so thai
when heated they might throw off the upper
and retain the lower portion, the latter form
JOSEPH NEFF. who died in Philadelphia
recently at the age of 67 years. was noted
maker OF viollns. 1t Is said that the first
violIns made in America were made by him
| While an apprentice in Germany he made a
| study of the vibrations of woods of various
| grades, aud also of strings of different ma
| terIats, and when he came TO PHILADELPHIA
noticing the absence of violins Of American
| make, he stopped making pianos and began
making vIOlns. He discovered that Blue
mountain curled maple and double spruce
| were the woods he wanted, and with i'm
proved glue he succeeded IN making violins
which, for volume and delicate shading of
sound and sweetness aud power of tone, it is
said, were hardly inferior TO that of the
| famous Cremonese instruments. IL ia said
| that Carl Hohnstock. n competent Judge of
the qualities of violins in 1851 in Philadelphia
! compared Il Nef violin with HIS own genuine
Stradlvarlus ana found IL equal to the Ia ter
| In nearly every respect.
! LOUIS BLASDING. of California, says the
generally accepted statement that the largest
nugget ever found in California was worth
little more than $2l. 900 is an erroneous one.
| He says that j. j. Finuey, "Old Virginia. /"
| found a piece of gold about six miles from
Downievile, Sierra county, on Aug. 81, 1866
| thai weighed 500 ounces. The go q OF thu
vicinity was worth SIS per ounce, which would
make the value of the nugget 500, 900. This
would make the Finney nugget the largest
| piece of pure gold ever discovered, so far as
accounts go. Heretofore the Australian mug
get, found N the Ba,larat gold fields, has been
! considered the largest. It was valued az $780,
| 900. Finney, or "Old Virginia." as ne was
| Familiarity called in those days. afterwards
went u Washoe " men the great 81 yer discov-
| cries were made there, and from him the town
| OF Virginia City t,oS its name. The man
| who discovered the largest nugget in the Cali
| fornia mines and gave his name to the richest
mining camp in the world died in extreme
| poverty.
The New YORK Suns society editor says
that "among the social reunions at gentle e.
mems houses which are considered especially
suitable to the season of penitence. possibly
on account OF the weeping and CRASHING OF
teeth by which they are often followed. are
| poker, euchre and whist parties. There are
clubs. composed of ladies ana gentlemen w bO
meet several times week at each oilers
| houses, and whore the play is so high that the
stakes would starte many veteran club
| man Women who have had practice and
experience are often better players than men,
and an Englishman who was present at a
poker parry not hong since watched with the
deepest interest and ast0nishmeni the play of
prominent society lady, who b.uffed her All =
versary out OF large sum OF money with a
smiling unconcern and an absolute con rol of
muscle aDdfeature that were perfectly inIm-
table. The Britisher declared that the game
was better worth seeing than Niagara, and
the woman the greatest natural curiosity that
had ever crossed his path"
w. d. HowELLs was 80 years old on Tues
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